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NCI Cancer Imaging Program efforts and their application to non-conventional radionuclides
1Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4910, USA. bc129b@nih.gov
Abstract:
The US National Institute of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute's Cancer Imaging Program funds research in cancer imaging. The article describes funding initiatives, such as Requests for Application and Program Announcement, funding mechanisms such as the R01 and R21, the Institutes of the NIH that fund imaging research, the application process, the application review process, and on-line resources to assist applicants for research funding for non-conventional radionuclides for imaging and therapy.
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